Originally Posted by
Hypno Toad
This project started out of an interest to see how the Felt and Mondonico compared. I honestly expected them to be on even footing. 5% to 10% difference is a little shocking.
Originally Posted by
Hypno Toad
Afterthought: the question might be more about "how do you compare bike performance?". Other people have a number of similar bikes in the stable. If you have multiple bikes, do you you geek out and look at stats to understand which bike is faster/better? What are the measurements/methods you use when understanding your bikes' performance?
How do you know you rode them equally hard? What are you using to measure power?
A more scientific test would be to get a PowerTap wheel and collect average watts and total Kj for your specific routes on different bikes. Average and weight all the data and then see which is faster for the amount of power. You need to try and maintain equivalent positions on similar types of bikes and collect data on days with similar wind conditions.